If you express two ideas using 'in the same breath', you contrast them both and add weight to one. It's used to introduce a contradiction. Though the ideas are different, both could be true, but the latter idea, which comes after 'in the same breath', usually carries more weight. ...Show more
The English We Speak: Leave to one's own devices
Sometimes people leave you to do something on your own because they trust you. Sometimes people just don't want to help you. In both of these situations we can say that you are left to your own devices. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Phil.Get a free transcript f ...Show more
Крайнее действие в череде неприятных событий, которое наконец-то заставляет вас перестать мириться с ситуацией и предпринять какие-то действия. Аналог на русском — «Последняя капля».Примеры использования:🇬🇧 Last week he came home drunk at five in the morning again, and that was ...Show more
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